Deputy Head of the Administration of the Ukrainian President: Trump and Poroshenko discussed the reintegration of the Donbas

Some elements of the future bill on de-occupation and reintegration of the Donbas were discussed during the President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to Washington, as stated by the Deputy Head of Administration of the President of Ukraine, Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

"The main issue was how to unite and coordinate efforts with the Americans in order to bring peace and stability to the Donbas. Some elements of this bill were the focus of the negotiation process with the US since …


US Congress intends to allocate funds for weapons for Ukraine

The appropriations bill for the US Department of Defense for the 2018 financial year will include an article on the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, including some for lethal weapons, as stated by Republican Mac Thornberry, the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Armed Services, while answering a question by a TASS correspondent.

"It [the bill] does continue to include military assistance to Ukraine and encouragement that the administration [of US President Donald …


Russia negotiating deployment of Kyrgyz and Kazakh contingents in Syria

According to the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov , Moscow is negotiating with Astana and Bishkek on the deployment of troops from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in the de-escalation zones in Syria, as reported by RIA Novosti.

Shamanov  sad that the Russian authorities are also in similar negotiations with Turkey.

“Negotiations are under way now, and the question is being worked out to ensure that the Russian military police take part in keeping order in Syria, as well as …


State Department: US concerned about actions of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine

State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said on Thursday that the US is deeply concerned about the alarming pattern of violence and brutality on the part of Russia-supported separatists in eastern Ukraine toward unarmed civilian employees of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission.

Recently, she continued, in the east of Ukraine, a number of incidents have taken place in which the participants of the Monitoring Mission have been harassed, threatened, and subjected to shelling. This happened, …


Ukraine: Crimean Tatar leader Chiygoz’s prolonged incarceration is further evidence of existing injustice in Crimea

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry believes that the extension of the arrest of Akhtem Chiygoz, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar movement, until October 8, is further evidence of injustice in the annexed Crime, as stated by Mariana Betsa, official spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, in a comment for Krym Realii.

“The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry decisively condemns the occupation authorities of the Crimea for extending the preventive measures with respect to the detention of …